ԹϴӪ

Skip navigation

News & Commentary about Racial Justice

Racial Justice image
The Racial Justice Program (RJP) fights to eradicate racial injustice in the U.S. and works to foster a society in which people of color and communities of color have full access to the rights and benefits of American society. Working with affected communities, RJP litigates, advocates, and educates to strike at the roots of racial injustice.
Learn more
A woman holding a child.

Nov 21, 2022

“Keep Our Families Together”: A Law That Protects Native Families is at Risk

“Keep Our Families Together”: A Law That Protects Native Families is at Risk
Four people, with their faces and bodies hidden behind voting privacy shields, are casting their votes for the midterm elections on Election Day November 08, 2081 in a New York City public school.

Nov 15, 2022

Three Key Criminal Legal Reform Takeaways from the 2022 Midterms

Three Key Criminal Legal Reform Takeaways from the 2022 Midterms
A collage of voting-related imagery including a ballot box, ballot bubbles to fill in and the U.S. Capitol building.

Nov 3, 2022

Pop Quiz: How Much Do You Know About The Midterm Elections?

Pop Quiz: How Much Do You Know About The Midterm Elections?

Nov 3, 2022

What's on Your Midterm Ballot?

What's on Your Midterm Ballot?
The Supreme Court Building

Oct 31, 2022

What You Need to Know about Affirmative Action at the Supreme Court

What You Need to Know about Affirmative Action at the Supreme Court
Children from the Zuni Pueblo lead the U.S. pledge of allegiance in the Zuni language in the New Mexico state Capitol in Santa Fe, N.M.

Oct 27, 2022

Is SCOTUS Coming for Indigenous Children?

Is SCOTUS Coming for Indigenous Children?

Oct 20, 2022

This Supreme Court Case Could Upend Democracy

This Supreme Court Case Could Upend Democracy
A Doctor points to AI biomedical algorithm screen.

Oct 3, 2022

Algorithms Are Making Decisions About Health Care, Which May Only Worsen Medical Racism

Algorithms Are Making Decisions About Health Care, Which May Only Worsen Medical Racism
Rep. Terri Sewell wearing a mask that says "Vote."

Sep 29, 2022

How the Supreme Court Could Silence Black Voters

How the Supreme Court Could Silence Black Voters
With helmets, gas masks and armed with shotguns, state police overlook the Attica prison yard which is filled with prisoners, face down in mud with their hands behind their heads. Other policemen are in orange ponchos are walking and searching the prisoners in Sept. 1971.

Sep 26, 2022

50 Years of Fighting for the Rights of Incarcerated People

50 Years of Fighting for the Rights of Incarcerated People